Secularist group buying billboards to honor Darwin

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - A secularist group is observing the200th birthday of Charles Darwin with billboards that urge peopleto "Evolve Beyond Belief." The Freedom From Religion Foundation placed "Praise Darwin"billboards in Grand Junction; Dayton, Tenn.; Dover, Pa.; andWhitehall, Ohio. They feature stained-glass designs and a picture of theevolutionary theorist born on Feb. 12, 1809. The Tennessee and Pennsylvania towns had landmark court casesabout the teaching of evolution. In Grand Junction, the foundation has complained about prayersin county meetings. The organization has battled Whitehall overnativity displays. The Wisconsin-based foundation is made up of agnostics andatheists opposed to government displays of religion.

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